Yen Min-Shen and Huang Jia-Le Talks About the Stories Every Space Can Tell

Receiving this award is a meaningful encouragement for both our team and us. It inspires us to continue creating thoughtful, heartfelt, and human-centred designs.

This achievement brought more confidence to our team and allowed us to connect with more international perspectives and opportunities.

Experimentation is an essential part of our creative process. We enjoy exploring the relationship between materials, light, texture, and spatial atmosphere to create spaces that feel layered, thoughtful, and emotionally engaging.

Many of our inspirations come from subtle and genuine moments in life. A quiet atmosphere, the interaction between people, or the emotions experienced within a space can often become the starting point of a design concept.

We hope people can see that design is not only about appearance, but about creating spaces that genuinely respond to people’s lifestyles, emotions, and everyday needs.

We believe the best design outcomes are built on trust and communication. By listening carefully to our clients, we transform their lifestyles, emotions, and needs into spaces that feel thoughtful, warm, and deeply personal.

One of the biggest challenges was finding a balance between creativity and practical considerations, such as budget and construction constraints. Through close collaboration and communication, we were able to develop the most suitable solution together.

Whenever we encounter creative blocks, we return to the quiet rhythms of daily life. Slowing down helps us observe, reflect, and rediscover inspiration.

We value warmth, comfort, and emotional connection in design. Over the years, we have come to realise that a home is not only a well-designed space but also a space that reflects the emotions, memories, and lived experiences of the people within it.

That is why we always approach design through the lens of the people who inhabit the space, with the hope that every space feels thoughtful, comfortable, and emotionally connected to everyday living.

Our advice to young designers is to remain true to your original intentions and continue learning through both observation and experience. Design is not only about creativity, but also about understanding people and creating spaces with sincerity, warmth, and emotional connection.

We would love the opportunity to collaborate with a designer like Peter Zumthor. We deeply admire his ability to balance minimalism, materiality, atmosphere, and human experience in ways that create spaces with lasting emotional impact.

If there is a question we hope people would ask us, it would be: “What kind of emotion and value do you hope your designs bring to people?”

Our answer would be that we hope design can go beyond aesthetics and create meaningful connections between people, space, nature, and daily living.